Isaiah 27:1
In that day lay a charge doth Jehovah, With his sword — the sharp, and the great, and the strong, On leviathan — a fleeing serpent, And on leviathan — a crooked serpent, And He hath slain the dragon that [is] in the sea.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
2In that day, 'A desirable vineyard,' respond ye to her,
Cross References
Job 3:8Let the cursers of day mark it, Who are ready to wake up Leviathan.
Job 26:13By His Spirit the heavens He beautified, Formed hath His hand the fleeing serpent.
Psalms 45:3Gird Thy sword upon the thigh, O mighty, Thy glory and Thy majesty!
Psalms 104:26There do ships go: leviathan, That Thou hast formed to play in it.
Isaiah 34:5For soaked in the heavens was My sword, Lo, on Edom it cometh down, On the people of My curse for judgment.
Isaiah 65:25Wolf and lamb do feed as one, And a lion as an ox eateth straw, As to the serpent — dust [is] its food, They do no evil, nor destroy, In all My holy mountain, said Jehovah!
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 27:1
In this chapter the prophet goes on to show, I. What great things God would do for his church and people, which should now shortly be accomplished in the deliverance of Jerusalem from Sennacherib and the destruction of the Assyrian army; but it is expressed generally, for the encouragement of the church in after ages, with reference to the power and prevalency of her enemies. 1. That proud oppressors should be reckoned with, ver. 1 . 2. That care should be taken of the church, as of God's vineyard, ver. 2, 3 . 3.… Read the whole commentary →